No. 23-6764

Kevin Ray Morris, Sr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mailroom-misconduct prison-mailroom prisoner-mail procedural-default
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's claim to equitable tolling based on the prison mailroom's mishandling of prisoner mail, including a scandal involving prison employees throwing prisoner's mail in the trash

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHEN PETITIONER ALLEGED THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO EQUITABLE TOLLING BASED ON THE PRISON MAILROOM'S MISHANDLING OF PRISONER MAIL, INCLUDA SCANDAL INVOLVING PRISON EMPLOYEES THROWING PRISONER'S MAIL IN THE TRASH, IF THE STATE FAILS TO DENY°.PETITIONER'S ALLEGATIONS SUR= ROUNDING THE ACTIONS OF THE PRISON MAILROOM, DID THE LOWER COURT ERR IN DENYING PETITIONER'S CLAIM TO EQUITABLE TOLLING? ii

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2023-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2024)

Attorneys

Kevin R. Morris
Kevin R. Morris Sr. — Petitioner
Kevin R. Morris Sr. — Petitioner